He also offers a list of “the most intelligent workplace practices” he’s encountered recently, including:

Facilitate physical fitness. A wide range of studies have found a direct link between physical movement and mental agility. We have clear evidence that regular exercise improves concentration, memory, and creativity – not to mention mood.

Make healthy eating easy… Not only do healthy foods keep us energized, research indicates they facilitate higher quality work.

Foster mental growth. As human beings, we have a psychological need for growing our competence. That applies to all domains in life, but it’s especially true at work.

It concludes: “It provides the first evidence that eating FV is related to greater eudaemonic well-being in a naturalistic setting. Eating FV was also related to greater self-reported curiosity and creativity. FV consumption may underlie a broad range of experiences that signal flourishing. Future randomised controlled trials of FV should include measures of eudaemonic well-being as outcome variables.”

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DID YOU KNOW?

50% of premature deaths in the U.S. are related to modifiable lifestyle factors.

About 108 million people in the U.S. have at least one chronic disease such as heart disease, diabetes, asthma, hypertension or osteoarthritis.

Chronic disease related to lifestyle account for 70% of the nation’s medical costs.